by Nomad
Although the air quality in New Jersey is a serious problem, Governor Christie's sweetheart relationship with the Koch brothers doesn't give him a lot of authority to do much about his state's air pollution problem. Not when so much of the problem blows in from Koch country.
So what's a presidential hopeful to do? Go after the small fish, of course.
When it comes to air quality standards, New Jersey has a serious problem. That's according to the American Lung Association which grades every county in the nation on its air quality and ozone levels. They found that as in past years the Garden State remains among the nation’s worst for pollution.
Poisons Blowing in the Wind
In fact, New Jersey is not alone. The survey found 42
percent of the nation’s population live in counties that have unhealthy levels
of either ozone or particle pollution. The ironic part is that the state or county that produces the pollution may not experience the damaging effects.
Experts say that New Jersey's problem is "a combination of locally produced pollution and pollution that travels.”
Experts say that New Jersey's problem is "a combination of locally produced pollution and pollution that travels.”
That means no one governor or state legislature can do much
about the problem. It requires joint action from those states who -literally-
get the fallout of other states that pollute. In a country as fractured as the US, working together for a regional solution in bipartisan way is nothing but an exercise in nostalgia and idealism.
